Soviet and Western arms duel over Middle East
Soviet naval power in the Mediterranean backs Arab interests while Britain ships Tigercat missiles to Jordan to defend King Hussein airports amid U.S. Phantom jet deliveries to Israel. Kasatonov says Soviet ships patrol. Beirut may allow Soviet warships. Jordanian orders worth 14.4 million dollars. Al Ahram warns peace has failed and another war could erupt this year.
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Radl seeks new Iowa city tax bills in legislature
Representative Richard Radl of Lisbon proposes several bills to Iowa lawmakers including a per capitation tax on all residents 18 or older, a motor vehicle wheel tax for cities with 8000 or more people, and a repeal of the 30 mill tax limit to allow higher city levies. He adds a measure to list tax exempt property and notes these are trial balloons to spur practical reforms.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa
Richard Radl
Lisbon
Radl
Director of Revenue
Illinois
Williams
Robert F. Kennedy
Protestants clash with Catholic marchers in Maghera
Violence erupts as 300 Catholics join a 100 student march from Belfast to Londonderry amid a Protestant riot in Maghera. At least 11 militants and four police are injured as windows broken in Catholic areas and authorities urge civilians to stay indoors.
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Maghera
Northern Ireland
UPI
Belfast
Londonderry
Queens University
Claudy
New Year's baby born to Hunt family in Washington County
Curtis Jay Hunt, weighing 7 pounds 13 8 ounces, was born just before midnight Thursday at Washington County Hospital to Mr and Mrs Theodore Hunt of 818 South Second Avenue Washington. He is the county's first baby of 1969 entitling the family to local awards. Curtis Jay has a brother Robb aged 3 and his mother is to return home from the hospital. Mr Hunt, a Brpton native, works for Rock Island Motor Transit.
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Theodore Hunt
South Second Avenue
Washington
Washington County
Washington County Hospital
Curtis Jay
Robb 3
Hunt
Brighton
Rock Island Motor Transit
Resignation at Eldora school linked to smoking controversy
Eldora Iowa UPI report says Anthony P Travisono resigned as superintendent of the Iowa Training School for boys effective Jan 31 not due to cigarette sales turmoil at the school. He will become director of Rhode Island Department of Social Welfare in his home state, saying the appointment came to him rather than him seeking it.
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Eldora
Iowa
UPI
Iowa Training School For Boys
Anthony P. Travisono
Des Moines
Department of Social Services
Maurice A. Harmon
Travisono
Rhode Island Department of Social Welfare
Weather Iowa: continued cold with frigid tonight and Saturday
United Press International reports Iowa will stay fair with cold temperatures. Lows tonight ranged from 15 to 20 below zero in the north and 8 to 15 below south. Saturday highs from zero to 5 below northeast to 8 to 13 above southwest. Sunday outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and slightly warmer conditions.
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United Press International
Iowa
Kennedy tops Long. Kennedy becomes Senate whip
Edward M. Kennedy won the Senate Democratic whip post by defeating Russell B. Long 31 to 26, signaling a liberal tilt as the 91st Congress opens. Hugh Scott edged Roman Hruska 23 to 20 for the GOP whip, a key early party leadership contest in Washington.
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UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Nixon
Kennedy Brothers
Sen
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Senate Republicans
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Roman Hruska
Scott
Kennedy
Massachusetts
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Long
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Long Will
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GOP
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McCormack Retains Speakership as Powell Seating Debate Looms
At a party caucus McCormack easily defeated Udall to keep his post, leaving House leadership largely unchanged. The sole issue visible was where to seat Rep-elect Adam Clayton Powell. In the Senate, Russell was slated to become president pro tempore, honoring seniority.
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McCormack
Morris KK. Udall
House
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Senate
Washington County Road Costs Run About One Million Yearly
Robert Huber, county engineer since 1960, reports that Washington County spent 6,904,308 on roads over 1961 to 1967. Revenue came from property tax 2,723,327 and road use tax 4,180,980. payroll totaled 1,148,000. Major costs included crushed stone 1,763,863 and construction 3,743,341. There were 21 bridges built and 121 box culverts, with 35.5 miles concrete paving and 2.5 miles asphalt paving. 306 bridges now serve county roads. Other costs cover equipment, maintenance, supplies, and snow removal. in December 1968 the county bought 120 tons of salt at 16 per ton.
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Washington County
Robert Huber
Williams Skeptical on Tax Reform and Spending Cuts
UPI reports Senator John J. Williams warns that Nixon’s planned comprehensive tax reform hinges on major federal spending cuts to affect real tax relief. He favors stripping oil industry exemptions and notes a potential $800 million annual revenue rise, but cautions on bonds tax-exemption changes and a broad minimum income tax.
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Washington
Williams
Congress
McCormack wins fourth term in House clash with Udall
John McCormack at 77 defeated Morris Udall 178 to 58 to secure his fourth term as Speaker. He dismissed retirement talk, saying he is years younger in thinking than rivals and will keep serving beyond 1970.
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Washington
UPI
John McCormack
Boston
McCormack
House of Representatives
House
Morris K. Udall
Dariz
Seven children die as fire sweeps Bloomer home
Seven children aged 1 to 11 were killed when a fire swept through the farm home of Earl and Mrs Seckora in Bloomer Wisconsin late Thursday night. Two teen brothers escaped from a second story bedroom but could not aid the others. Parents arrived after firefighters battled the blaze. Surviving sons Jeffrey and Thomas 14 and 13 were hospitalized in fair condition for shock along with the Seckoras. Victims were Deborah 11 Gale 10 Douglas 8 Gregory 5 Mary Kay 4 Karen 3 and Melvin 1.
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Bloomer
Wis
UPI
Earl Seckora
Seckoras
Jeffrey
Thomas
Bloomer Memorial Hospital
Ray Klukas
Deborah
Gale
Douglas
Gregory
Mary Kay
Karen
Melvin
Intercepted Memo on Wheel Tax Policy in Lisbon
A terse intercepted memo from REP. RADL of Lisbon Iowa questions who will object to a proposed wheel tax. Signed by WEJ, the note hints at local political maneuvering around a vehicular tax measure and mentions substantial interest in the proposal.
Washington County Selective Service moves offices
The Washington County Selective Service Board relocated to the Journal Building Room 203, with the previous office at 103% Marion Avenue having served since 1949. Last year 31 local youths were drafted from Washington County.
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Washington County Selective Service Board
Journal
Marion Avenue
Selective Service Board
The
Washington County
Probate of Will and Executor Appointment in Montgomery Estate
Public notice announces probate of the will of Mary Myrtle Montgomery and the appointment of an executor. The filing outlines the estate proceedings and relevant legal actions to be executed under applicable laws. The notice calls creditors and interested parties to respond according to local probate court requirements.
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Mary Myrtle Montgomery
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